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(LUSAKATIMES) Govt will not name a new investor for Luanshya mine soon, Kambwili

Govt will not name a new investor for Luanshya mine soon, Kambwili
Friday, April 24, 2009, 21:40

PF Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili has claimed that government will not announce the name of a new investor for Luanshya mine until after August. Mr. Kambwili also accused Mines minister Maxwell Mwale of corruption for bribing the two mine workers’ unions in Luanshya during a press conference held at his residence.

He said Mr.Mwale has been bribing the Mines Union of Zambia (MUZ) and National union of miners and allied workers(NUMAW) Roan branch officials to side with the government on an investor he named for Luanshya Copper Mine (LCM).

Mr. Kambwili challenged the minister to come out in the open and challenge him on whether he did not receive an undisclosed sums of money from LCM chief executive officer Derek Webstock which he used to bribe the union officials.

Mr. Kambwili also accused the officials forsaking their fellow miners because of the bribes and compromised on pressurizing government to announce an investor to take over the min

He said a named MUZ branch official told him that the minister gave them K1 million each to help government calm the miners.

He called on the MUZ Roan branch officials to apologise to their fellow miners and to him, for neglecting the Luanshya community.

He further warned the Police command that they will be fired once PF takes over Government in 2011 for their partiality.

ENDS/MM/PK/ZANIS

Labels: CHISHIMBA KAMBWILI, CORRUPTION, LCM, MAXWELL MWALE

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